USAToday.com's Paul White reports free-agent OF Alex Cabrera (Japanese League) has become a free agent after he and his 2007 team, the Seibu Lions, could not agree on a 2008 contract. Cabrera, who is currently playing winter ball in Venezuela, had been negotiating with the Orix Buffaloes, but there have been reports that those talks have been suspended after Cabrera's name appeared in the Mitchell Report. Cabrera has denied ever using or having steroids.

The Associated Press reports former Major League Baseball OF Alex Cabrera denied that he had ever used performance-enhancing drugs, despite being named in the Mitchell Report. When playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks, a clubhouse attendant found a large package of steroids that had been delivered to him. "I couldn't have used the substances that are identified," Cabrera said. "I never had possession of the alleged box that supposedly contained the pharmaceutical drugs."

The Associated Press reports Seibu Lions OF Alex Cabrera hit a two-run homer to power the Lions to a 7-2 win over the Chunichi Dragons in Game 7 of the Japan Series, their first title since 1992 and ninth overall.